Valved lubricating device.



W. W. TRUXELL & W. K. WERTZ.

VALVED LUBRICATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED um I. 1914.

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WI-IITELEY W. TEUXELL AND W'ILLIAM K. WERTZ, FGREENSBUBGU' PENNSYJQVANIA.

VALVED .tuianionrine; pnvron.

. Specification of LettersPatenta Patented Aug. 1Q, 1915.

Application filed July'l, 1914. Serial No. 848,420.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that we, TVHITELEY W. TRUX- ELL and VVILLIAM K. l VERTZ, citizens of the United States, and residents of Greensburg,

in the county "of WVestmoreland, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Valved Lubricating Devices, of which the following'is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an eflicient self-closing inlet valve device for lubricators, and particularly lubr cators in which the lubricantls supplied to a Chitnl ber and from which itfceds gravity or otherwise to a ournalor bearing. 3

The invent on is embodied 1n.v a self-con-.

tained device which may be applied to or secured within an opening in the 011 chamber, and when in place provides aneflicient closure therefor, the valve being adapted. to

open under the pressure of'an oiler spent, and close and substantially seal the inlet;

opening when the spout isremoved.

The invention may be applied to various forms of lubricant holding. chambers, the

invention not being limited in this regard. For the purpose of illustration ll? .is here shown applied to the oil chamber of a selflubricating wheel, such as is commonly used for mine cars, where it is very efficient in closing'the oil inlet preventing the escape and waste of oil and excludingcoal dust, etc.

In the self-oiling wheel adaptation illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view through the hub and Oll chamberof amine car wheel, showing the mproved device applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal device which in the present adaptation is shown embodied in hub 2 of a self-lubricating wheel such as is commonly used on mlne cars, 3 being spokes radiating from the hub to a rim or tread, not shown. The oil chamber is ordinarily cored in the hub when casting the wheel.

5 is the wheel eye or box, and6 are openings therethrough for passing oil from the oil chamber to the journal.

The device of the present invention is ap- I plied to a suitable opening in the chamber,

in the, adaptation shown having a driving jfitcin side opening 7, although itmay' be otherwise applied. The device consists. of

a cup-like casing or bushing 8 which is open at its inner end and at its outer end closed bushing is preferably, though not necesset at 11. These opposite contractedporjsave for'filling opening 9. The casing or '65 sarily, pressed [from a suitable sheet-metal ",blanle- Fittingwithin bushing 8 is liner 10 which may be bent up from a strip off, sheet-metal, theliner being open at its ends, and at opposite sides it is contracted'or intionsare notched at one end at 12 to provide bearings for trunnions 13 arranged at opposite sides of the flat closure or valve 14:.

The latter is so hinged that when closed it" bears fiatly against the inner face of the end wall of bushing 8 and closes and substan- 'tially seals the opening 9. 1

fbent-up spring 15 having a portion 16 of loop form, the spring being coiled between its ends at 17 with the extremities 18 of the" The closureis held normally shut by the coils confined' between the bushing and the liner. The contractedside portions 11 of the liner'provide ample room and clearance for the hinge-forming trunnions, andthe hinged ,edge -of the closure is spaced from coil 17 sufliciently to "prevent interference when the closure is; pressed open bythe spout A of'an oiling device; as shownfin dotted lines in Fig. 4, In the arrangement" shown the springcoils overhangthe inner face of the liner, andwith the hinged edge inexpensive and durableclosure for any oil chamber which 1s to be maintained normally closed for excluding dust and for preventing waste. It is particularly well adapted for the rough usage to which mine car wheels are subjected, when applied as shown the casing or bushing 8 being driven in flush with the wall of the oil chamber so that there are no exposed or projecting parts.

For mine-car-wheel use it is only necessary to cast the chamber with opening 7, and the closure means is complete when the imsuch opening.

of the' closure spaced from the coils as shown" proved self-contained device is entered in We claim I r 1. The combination of an oil chamber having. an opening in a wall thereof, a casing applied to the opening and open at its inner end to the chamber and closed at its outer end save for afilling opening, an in-' wardly-opening spring-closed closure for the filling opening, and a closure support within the casing and adapted to be entered through the open end of the latter and removably confined therein, the support provided with hinge bearings for the closure.

3. The combination of an oil chamber having an opening in a wall thereof, a casing applied to the opening and open at its inner end and closed at its outer end save for a filling opening, a liner for the casing, an inwardly opening closure for the filling opening hinged to the liner, and a spring for opposing opening movement of the closure.

4. The combination of an oil chamber having an opening in a wall thereof, a casing applied to the opening with the casing open at its inner end and closed at its outer end save for a filling'opening, an open-end liner fitting within the casing and at opposite sides formed with bearings, an inwardly opening closure for the filling opening provided with opposite trunnions which are mounted in the bearings, and a spring for opposing opening movement of the closure.

5. The combination of an oil chamber provided with an opening in a wall thereof, a casing applied to the opening, the casing open at its inner end and closed at its outer end save for a filling opening, a liner fitting within the casing, an inwardly opening closure for the filling opening, and a spring confined between the liner and the casing with a portion of the spring in engagement with the closure and opposing opening movement thereof.

6. The combination of an oil chamber having an opening in a wall thereof, a casing fitting the opening with the casing open at its inner end and closed at its outer end save for a filling opening, a liner for the casing having opposite sides formed with bearings, an inwardly opening closure for,

the filling opening having oppositely projecting trunnions mounted in the bearings, and a spring coiled between its ends with the portion of the spring at one side of the coil confined between the casing and the liner and the portion of the spring at the opposite side of the coil engaging the valve and opposing opening movement thereof.

7 The combination of an oil chamber having an opening in a wall thereof,a casing fitting the opening with the casing open at one end-and at its opposite end closed save for a filling opening, an open-end liner fitting within the bushing with opposite sides of the liner spaced inwardly from the casing and formed with bearing openings, an inwardly opening closure provided with trunnions which are mounted in the liner openings, anda spring for opposing inward movement of theclosure.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

' WHITELEY w. TRUXELL.

WILLIAM K. wnn'rz.

l/Vitnesses S. V. Binnnn, ALFRED W. HANSON.

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